Abstracts and Presentations

International Neuropsychological Society (INS) Annual Meeting

6) Weigand, A.J., Elman, J., Solders, S.K., Macomber, A.J., Frank, L., Granholm, E., & Bondi, M.W. (2023, February). Pupil Dilation During the Stroop Task Offers a Sensitive and Scalable Biomarker of Locus Coeruleus Integrity. Poster presentation at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, C.A. 

5) Weigand, A.J. (2022, February). Keeping the Focus of Aducanumab on Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease and Their Loved Ones. Virtual symposium presentation at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, L.A.

4)  Weigand, A.J., Macomber, A.J., Walker, K.S., Edwards, L., Thomas, K.R., Bangen, K.J., & Bondi, M.W. (2022, February). Pulse Pressure Interacts with Tau PET to Predict Longitudinal Change in Memory and Executive Function Independently of Amyloid PET. Virtual paper presentation at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

^3) Weigand, A.J., Bangen, K.J., Thomas, K.R., Delano-Wood, L., Gilbert, P.E., & Bondi, M.W. (2020, February). Disentangling the Complexities of APOE, Amyloid, Tau, and Cognition in the Context of Alzheimer’s Pathologic Change. Paper presentation at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Denver, Co.

2) Weigand, A.J., Bangen, K.J., Thomas, K.R., Salmon, D.P., Galasko, D.R., & Bondi, M.W. (2019, February). Medial Temporal Lobe Tau in the Absence of Amyloid Likely Represents an Early Stage of Alzheimer’s Disease Rather than an Age-related Phenomenon. Poster presentation at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, New York, NY.

1) Weigand, A.J., Edmonds, E.C., Delano-Wood, L., & Bondi, M.W. (2018, February). Inaccuracy of Subjective Cognitive Complaints in the Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment. Paper presentation at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.

Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC)

9) Weigand, A.J., Clark, A.L., Garcia, M.E., Parisi, J., Zahodne, L., McDonough, I., Marsiske, M., & Thomas, K.R. (2024, July). Depressive Symptoms Moderate the Association between Subjective Memory Concerns and Objective Memory Decline Only Among Older Adults with Low Internal Locus of Control in the ACTIVE Study. Poster to be presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, Philadelphia, PA. 

8) Weigand, A.J., Thomas, K.R., Edwards, L., & Bondi, M.W. (2023, July). Longitudinal Cognitive change in Older Adults with Elevated Tau PET Signal in the Absence of Amyloid. Virtual poster presentation at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, Amsterdam, NL. 

7) Weigand, A.J., Ortiz, G., Walker, K.S., Galasko, D.R., Bondi, M.W., & Thomas, K.R. (2022, July).  APOE differentially moderates cerebrospinal fluid and plasma phosphorylated tau181 associations with multi-domain cognition. Poster presentation at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, San Diego, CA. 

6) Weigand, A.J., Thomas, K.R., Bangen, K.J., Eglit, G.M.L, Brickman, A.M., & Bondi, M.W. (2021, July).  Evidence for the Progression of Tau and Neurodegeneration Beyond the Medial Temporal Lobe in Amyloid Negative Older Adults. Virtual poster presentation at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, Denver, CO.

5) Weigand, A.J., Eglit, G.M.L, Maass, A., & Bondi, M.W. (2020, July). What’s the Cut-point?: A Systematic Review of Tau PET Thresholding Methods. Virtual poster presentation at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 

4) Weigand, A.J., Nation, D.A., Delano-Wood, L., Bangen, K.J., Galasko, D.R., & Bondi, M.W. (2020, July). Elevated Pulse Pressure Predicts Longitudinal Accumulation of Tau PET. Virtual poster presentation at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 

3) Weigand, A.J., Thayer, R.E., Solders, S.K., Elman, J.A., Mikhael, T., Simone, S.M., Cummins, P.N., Granholm, E.L., Frank, L.R., & Bondi, M.W. (2019, July). Reduced Locus Coeruleus Integrity is Associated with Poor Attentional Control in Older Adults without Dementia. Poster presentation at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 

2) Weigand, A.J., Delano-Wood, L., Bangen, K.J., Edmonds, E.C., Eppig, J.S., Werhane, M.L., Igwe, K.C., Granholm, E., Frank, L.R., Brickman, A.M., & Bondi, M.W. (2018, July). Reduced Locus Coeruleus Integrity is Associated with Elevated White Matter Lesion Pathology in Nondemented Older Adults. Poster presentation at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, Chicago, IL.

1) Weigand, A.J., Bondi, M.W., Thomas, K.R., Galasko, D.R., Salmon, D.P., Sewell, D.D., Brewer, J.B., Feldman, H.H., & Delano-Wood, L. (2018, July). Anticholinergic Medication Use Interacts with APOE-e4 Genotype to Increase Risk for Incident MCI Over a 10-Year Period Among Cognitively Healthy Older Adults. Poster presentation at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, Chicago, IL.

Western Psychological Association Conference

2) Cummins, P.N.*, Weigand, A.J., Thayer, R.E., Simone, S.M., Mikhael, T., Frank, L.R., Granholm, E.L., & Bondi, M.W. (2019, April). Locus Coeruleus Integrity is Associated with Age and Memory Performance in Older Adults. Poster presentation by Pearl Cummins at the Western Psychological Association Conference, Pasadena, CA.

^1) Ayala, D.A.*, Weigand, A.J., Salmon, D.P, Bondi, M.W., & Edmonds, E.C. Bilingual Advantage in Older Adults: Proficiency  in Two Languages is Associated with Executive Function Performance. (2018, April). Poster presentation by Daniela Ayala at the Western Psychological Association Conference, Portland, OR.

*Indicates students for which I served as the primary mentor on this abstract as part of the San Diego State University Advancing Diversity in Aging Research Program

Undergraduate Conferences and Symposia

4) Weigand, A.J., Campbell, M.C., Kotzbauer, P.T., & Perlmutter, J.S. (2017, April). Pathological Biomarkers Predict Cognition in Parkinson Disease. Poster presentation at the Washington University Undergraduate Research Symposium, St. Louis, MO. 

3) Weigand, A.J., Lessov-Schlaggar, C. N., Perlmutter, J. S., & Campbell, M. C. (2016, April). Disentangling Phenotypic Variability in Parkinson Disease through the Classification of Clinical Subtypes. Poster presentation at the Washington University Undergraduate Research Symposium, St. Louis, MO. 

^2) Weigand, A.J., Aschenbrenner, A.J., & Balota, D.A. (2015, November). Subliminal Processing in Visual Word Recognition Yields a First Letter Advantage. Poster presentation at the Missouri Undergraduate Psychology Conference, St. Charles, MO.

^1) Weigand, A.J., Campbell, M.C., Ushe, M., Hartlein, J.M., & Perlmutter, J.S. (2015, November). The Effects of Location of Deep Brain Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus on Mood and its Neural Correlates in Parkinson Disease. Paper presentation at the Missouri Undergraduate Psychology Conference, St. Charles, MO.

^Award-winning presentations